Needs From: Community Builders of Monterey County

On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, one of our PM Drivers arrives at our storage unit near the Monterey Airport around 11:00-11:30 am depending on the day.  (The AM Driver will have brought the van back around 10:30 loaded with donated food.) The PM Driver loads as much more donated food and other necessities as will fit from the shelves of the storage unit into the van, including five 25-pound bags each of dry beans and rice. The Driver then pulls out the cargo van, and puts the personal car in the storage unit. The van is then driven to a distribution site in either East Salinas or Greenfield, depending on the day.  Depending on the day, the PM Driver may also need to help unload the van at the destination. When the van is empty, the PM Driver then takes the van back to the storage unit, opens the van doors and windows, collects the personal car. Between 1 and 2 pm depending on the destination, the PM Driver is finished for the day, knowing that some critical needs of many farm worker families have been met, and the van is ready to collect more food.  

On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, one of our AM Drivers arrives at our storage unit near the Monterey Airport around between 7:45 and 8:30 am depending on the day. The Driver pulls out the cargo van, and puts the personal car in the storage unit. The van is then driven to the Carmel Safeway and/or Trader Joe's in Pacific Grove, depending on the day. At the stores, with the help of Loaders who meet the Driver there, all donated food is weighed, logged and loaded into the van. The Driver then takes the van back to the storage unit, opens the van doors and windows, collects the personal car. By about 10:30 am, the AM Driver is finished for the day, knowing the food collected that morning will be delivered to hungry farm worker families that same afternoon. 

Nancy's Project has been serving the Central Coast's Farmworker communities since 1971. They currently serve 2,121 people, 62% being children.

They are in need of volunteers to pick up donated household essentials and take the them to their storage unit. They are in additional need of those happy to pick up items at donor locations on a regular basis.

Bonus if you can assist with heavy items, like furniture!

Please fill out a Volunteer Form to get started!